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Ryder Cup Winner
6 hour+ round and a play off in the pitch black with a few floodlights - not the best look lol
Just watching the Aramco team event on the LET. Unless I misheard, I'm sure the lady commentator compared Charley Hull (after winning) to Rory Mcilroy ???
6 hour+ round and a play off in the pitch black with a few floodlights - not the best look lol
WP Rory - maybe this might be the turn-around for his game.
As someone who has only been really following professional golf for the past year or so, but had enough of a passing interest to know how successful Rory was earlier in his career, can anyone explain to me why he felt the need to try and change so much in the first place? Or was it a case of a long run of bad from that prompted it?
I commented to Mrs Wedge on Saturday morning that despite being -9 for the first two rounds, he was still in 28th place, 9 shots behind. But with 3 bogey free rounds on Fri, Sat & Sun, and with both short game and putting looking much improved, he had a good weekend. It was really good to see him playing smart last night too, plotting his way round the course rather than just trying to over power it with his driver.
Maybe a bit soon to suggest full resurrection, but maybe the Pete Cowan effect is starting to kick in. If continues to play like the weekend, then he'll come good again
I commented to Mrs Wedge on Saturday morning that despite being -9 for the first two rounds, he was still in 28th place, 9 shots behind. But with 3 bogey free rounds on Fri, Sat & Sun, and with both short game and putting looking much improved, he had a good weekend. It was really good to see him playing smart last night too, plotting his way round the course rather than just trying to over power it with his driver.
Maybe a bit soon to suggest full resurrection, but maybe the Pete Cowan effect is starting to kick in. If continues to play like the weekend, then he'll come good again
Golfers seems to have a habit of getting too greedy - with McIlroys natural talent he could probably have sailed through a pretty successful career but has found himself falling into the trap that others before him have (Luke Donald!).
It was great to see 2 Ryder Cup Europeans follow up that disappointment with victories.
Fitzpatrick's victory is to be admired but I think it highlights a problem for the European Tour; in the field for the tournament there were only 2 top 50 ranked players - Rahm (who had a nightmare) and Fitzpatrick. The next best ranked player (Lee, ranked 55) finished 2nd. That said, great final round. I see there's another thread about what next for McIlroy but the same applies to Fitzpatrick - he has to start registering an odd win here and there against the stronger PGA fields.
McIlroy's victory may have been at an 'easy' course (but easy for everyone) but the field contained 37 of the top 50 ranked players. Of course this is reflected in the winnings etc. but the task of winning against this quality is more difficult. However, the best thing about the round yesterday (and he was 3 back at one point) is how he managed the course. Fairway wood instead of driver. Hybrid instead of fairway wood. Non-spectacular par on the 18th. He maybe could have (should have?) birdied 1 or 2 more after his eagle, but those tentative putts shouldn't distract from a good putting performance. Morikawa is a phenomenal player. I just hope this season is going to be spectacular with everyone playing as close to their best as possible.
I read that somewhere too, if they don't leave him a slice of the pie after they walk away, they can never go back to him.if he's stopped using Cowan, PC won't be complaining, as I'm pretty sure that he has a clause in most of his contracts about being paid winnings for a decent period after the last lesson he gave.
Pretty cunning really - Rory realises it's a POS and goes back to his original methods with more mental clarity and purpose. PC cashes cheque...
I'm always amazed when the really top golfers feel they have to have a coach?
If they can't work out for themselves what's amiss, then there seems something wrong, surely? If they study their swings from the TV recordings of their performances? Etc.
Wasn't it Trevino who said (wtte) "
— "I've never had a coach in my life. When I find one who can beat me, then I'll listen."
I'm always amazed when the really top golfers feel they have to have a coach?
If they can't work out for themselves what's amiss, then there seems something wrong, surely? If they study their swings from the TV recordings of their performances? Etc.
Wasn't it Trevino who said (wtte) "
— "I've never had a coach in my life. When I find one who can beat me, then I'll listen."